Groomer issues

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maddiek

Discussion Starter · #1 · Jul 2, 2009 (Edited)

Well, I will be looking for another groomer.

Rufus had an appointment with his groomer on Saturday. My daughter had to take him for me because I had to leave town for a funeral.

A little history...Rufus has been going here from the beginning. I never liked the way that they cut his head. Rufus has a narrow head and they would cut his hair straight up from his ears. He really looked like a dork when I brought him home. So I printed pictures of dogs that I liked the shape of their head. Gunther was one of them. The groomer did pretty good the first time, but I got there to pick him up just as she was doing his head and I had to stop her. She was about to cut too much off again.

Well this weekend, when my daughter went in to pick him up at the time they told her to be there, he was still on the table. She watched for a minute and noticed his head was not cut like I like it. She said that she asked very nicely if that was the cut that her Mom requested. The groomer SLAMMED her scissors on the counter and went to get the pictures. My daughter told her that she didn't need to get mad, that she wasn't questioning her ability as a groomer, that she just wanted to be sure that I was happy with the way Rufus looked. The groomer told her that she was doing it like the pictures and that she needed 15 more minutes!

My daughter went to wait in the car. A little later the woman came dragging Rufus out by his leash, stopped at the car with her hand on her hips just daring my daughter to say something.

Well, I didn't care for the cut and even if I did, I would not go back after her attitude.

What do you groomers think? Don't I have a right to have my dog groomed the way I want him to look?

I sure wish I knew how to groom him. Then I could only blame myself if I didn't like it.

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cuddleparty

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#7 · Jul 2, 2009

Wow Maddiek... I'm so sorry for you and Rufus. I had to chuckle when you said he "looked like a dork"... hahah.. because that's exactly how I felt after Snoops' last groom. We were both so embarrassed!

Anyway.. I've had some poor experiences with groomers myself. I got some great advice here on PF about it. Last groom, I nearly lost my mind, it was so bad.

I think I will try soon, to do some grooming on my own. I'm going to look into a few classes or something... so I don't totally f**k up Snoops' do. But at least, yes - I would be the only one to blame...